Woodworking-tool.



PATENTED JUNE 19, 1906. M. ENRIGHT. WOODWORKING TOOL. APPLIUATION I'ILEDSEPT. 7, 1905.

rag/ 51mm r Attorneys UNITED STATES 'PATENT OFFICE.

MICHAEL ENRIGHT, or NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, AssIeNoE or ONE-HALF TO GEORGESILK, or NORFOLK, VIRGINIA.

wOODWOFlKING-TOOL.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed September 7.1905.Serial No. 277,340.

Patented June 19, 1906.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MICHAEL ENEIGHT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lamberts Point, Norfolk, in the county of Norfolk and Stateof Virginia, have invented a new and useful Woodworking-Tool, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to woodworkingtools, and has for its object toprovide for the convenient conversion of an ordinary adz into what isknown in the art as a slicker for smoothing or dressing the work afterthe comparatively rough action of the adz.

. In carrying out the invention it is proposed to provide a novel formof handle to which the adz head or blade may be con 'veniently fittedafter being removed from the adz-handle without requiring any change oralteration therein in a position substantially longitudinally of thehandle with the cutting edge of the adz-head disposed transversely ofthe handle in the usual osition of the cutting edge of an ordinary sicker.

With these and other objects in view the present invention consists inthe combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter morefully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularlypointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes inthe form, pro ortion, size, and minor details maybe ma e within thescope of the claims without de arting from the spirit or sacrificing any0 the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is dle having an adz-head fittedthereto in position for use as a slicker. Fig. 2 is an enlargedfragmentary sectional view; taken throu h the connected portion of thehandle and t e adz-head. Fig.3 is a detail perspective view of'anadz-head. Fig. 4 is a perspective view similar to Fig. 1, illustratingthe manner of tilting, the adz-head with respect to the handle.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts in each andevery figure of the drawings.

The handle 1 of the present invention is preferably formed ofwood and istapered rearwardly to a cylindrical portion 2, terminating in anenlarged knob-terminal 3, the opposite end of the handle being enlarged,as

at 4, to form a polygonal head which is set at an angle to thelongitudinal axis of the handle. In the upper face of the head portion 4there is a recess 5, in which is suitably secured a metallic plate 6,which has a finger or lug 7 provided at its outer end and extendingacross the adjacent end of the handle, the plate of course beingprojected beyondthe handle to.produce a suitable space between thefinger and the handle. A transverse opening 8 is formed through the headof the handle, and the plate 6 has an opening 9 in alinement with theopening 8, there being an eyebolt 10 extending through the two openings,with its eye 11 at the under side of the handle and its upper threadedend projecting above the plate and provided with a winged nut 12. Inrear of the eyebolt there is an oblique opening or recess 13 formed inthe un der side of the head of the handle.

In Fig. 3 of the drawings there has been shown an ordinary adz-head'consisting of a blade 14, terminating at one end in a broad sharpcutting edge 15, with side flanges 16 extending along the longitudinaledges of the blade rearwardly from its cutting edge 15. At the other endof the blade there is an eye or socket 17 for the reception of theadzhandle, and a counterbalancing projection 18 extends rearwardly fromthe eye. the usual form of adz-head.

In fitting the adz-head to the present handle the counterbalancingprojection 18 is passed through the eye 11 of the bolt 10 and This isinto the oblique seat or recess 13 of the handle, the finger or lug 7 ofthe fplate 6 beingreceived within the eye 17 o the adz-head, whereuponthe nut 12- is screwed down tightly against the plate 6 and the head andhandle are thereby rigidly and durably connected, with the blade of theadz-head disposed in a direction substantially longitudinally of thehandle and in position to be employed in the capacity of an ordinaryslicker.

The intent of the present invention is to do away with the ordinaryslicker and permit of an ordinary adz-head being shifted from its usualposition transversely of the handle to a position longitudinally thereoffor use as a slicker, whereby the cost of the slicker is dispensed with,while the service of both the adz and the slicker is maintained. It willhere be explained that the adz-head must of course be removed from theusual adzjection extending I verse opening,

handle prior to being applied. to the present handle, as it is notintended that the adzhead may be fitted transversely across the end ofthe present handle. In other words, When the adz-head is applied to thepresent handle it is disposed substantially longitudinally thereof foruse as a slicker and not as an adz.

The adz-head may be tilted across the end of the handle, as shown inFig. 4:, by loosening the nut 12 and inserting a thin block of wood, ametal plate, or the like, such as shown at 19, between the balancingprojection 18 and the adjacent face of the handle, so as to cover theentrance to the seat or socket 13, the nut 12 of course being afterwardtightened, whereby the handle and the blade will be disposed at such anangle as to permit of the convenient use of the tool in close quarterswhere it could not be used with the handle and the blade assembled as inFig. 1.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. Thecombination of a handle having a projection disposed in advance andextending across the front end of the handle, an eyebolt extendingloosely through the handle and provided with a clamping-nut, the eye ofthe bolt being located at that side of the handle opposite theprojection, the handle having an oblique socket formed therein in rearof the eye, and a blade member having one end sharpened to form acutting edge, its opposite end provided with a projection pass ingthrough the eye of the bolt and engaging the socket of the handle, theblade being provided with an intermediate laterally-projected eye whichis engaged by the projection on the handle.

2. The combination with an adz-head having an intermediatelaterally-projected eye and a balancing projection extending therefrom,of a handle having an oblique socket to receive the balancing projectionof the adzhead, an eyebolt extending loosely through the handle with thebalancing projection extending through the eye, a plate applied to theother face of the handle and having a protransversely across theadjacent end of the handle and engaging the eye of the adz-head, and aclamping-nut carried by the eyebolt for engagement with the plate.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a tool handle provided with atransverse opening extending therethrough adjacent one end and alsoprovided with an inclined socket in one face of the handle in rear ofthe transa plate applied to the opposite face of the handle with itsouter end projecting beyond the adjacent end of the handle and having alateral projection extending across said end of the handle, an eyeboltextending through the opening in the handle and also through the platewith its eye at the socketed side of the handle, and a clampingnut uponthe other end of the bolt, the lateral projection beingadapted to engagethe eye of an adz-head and the socket of the handle being adapted toreceive the balancing proj ection of the adz-head.

4. As a new article of manufacture, a toolhandle provided with atransverse opening extending therethrough adjacent one end thereof, aplate applied to one face of the handle and provided with a lateralprojection spaced from and lying across the adjacent end of the handle,and an eyebolt extending through the opening in the handle and providedWitha clamping-nut engaging the plate, the lateral projection beingadapted to engage the eye of an adz-head and the socket of the handlebeing adapted to receive the balancing projection of the adz-head.

5. As a new article of manufacture, a toolhandle provided with atransverse opening extending therethrough adjacent one end, a platecountersunk in one face of the handle and provided with a lateralprojection lying across and spaced from the adjacent end of the handle,said plate also being provided with an opening in alinement with theopening in the handle, and an eyebolt passing through the opening andprovided with a clamping-nut engaging the plate, the lateral projectionbeing adapted to engage the eye of an adz-head and the socket of thehandle being adapted to receive the balancing projection of theadz-head.

6. A slicker comprising a bit having a transverse eye and a longitudinalprojection, a handle provided with aremovablelaterallydisposedprojection lying across the forward end of the handle and engaging theeye of the bit, and an eyebolt piercing the handle and receiving theprojection of the bit.

7. A slicker comprising a bit having a transverse eye and a longitudinalprojection, a removable element applied to one side of the handle andhaving a lateral projection lapping the forward end of the handle andengaging the eye of the bit, and an eyebolt piercing the handle and theremovable element with the projection of the bit received within the eyeof the bolt.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

MICHAEL EN RIGHT.

Witnesses:

A. T. STnoND, ANTONIO J. SMITH.

